balsa
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?]. Not related to balsam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa (countable and uncountable, plural balsas)
- A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
- (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
- A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Irish: balsa
Translations
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- balsa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- balsa tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Afar
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsá f
Eskayan
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa
- balsa (wood)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of balsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | balsa | balsat | |
genitive | balsan | balsojen | |
partitive | balsaa | balsoja | |
illative | balsaan | balsoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | balsa | balsat | |
accusative | nom. | balsa | balsat |
gen. | balsan | ||
genitive | balsan | balsojen balsain rare | |
partitive | balsaa | balsoja | |
inessive | balsassa | balsoissa | |
elative | balsasta | balsoista | |
illative | balsaan | balsoihin | |
adessive | balsalla | balsoilla | |
ablative | balsalta | balsoilta | |
allative | balsalle | balsoille | |
essive | balsana | balsoina | |
translative | balsaksi | balsoiksi | |
abessive | balsatta | balsoitta | |
instructive | — | balsoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “balsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]balsa m (plural balsas)
- balsa (tree, wood)
Further reading
[edit]- “balsa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since circa 1300. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa f (plural balsas)
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “balsa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “balsa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “balsa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “balsa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “balsa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.
Noun
[edit]balsa m (genitive singular balsa)
- balsa (tree, wood)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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balsa | bhalsa | mbalsa |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Samic *pëlsë (whence also Inari Sami polssâ), of unknown further origin. Probably ultimately from a substrate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa
Inflection
[edit]Even a-stem, ls-lss gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | balsa | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | balssa | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | balsa | balssat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | balssa | balssaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | balssa | balssaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | balsii | balssaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | balssas | balssain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | balssain | balssaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | balsan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa f (related adjective balsowy)
- balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
- balsa (wood of this tree)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- balsa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- balsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]balsa f (plural balsas)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa m (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | balsa | balsaul |
genitive-dative | balsa | balsaului |
vocative | balsaule |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa f (plural balsas)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “balsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balˈsa/ [bɐlˈsa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: bal‧sa
Noun
[edit]balsá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐ)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Yogad
[edit]Noun
[edit]balsa
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- English terms derived from Basque
- English terms derived from Iberian
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Mallow family plants
- en:Watercraft
- en:Woods
- Afar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afar lemmas
- Afar nouns
- Afar feminine nouns
- Eskayan lemmas
- Eskayan nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from Spanish
- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlsɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlsɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Galician terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- gl:Watercraft
- gl:Trees
- gl:Woods
- Irish terms borrowed from English
- Irish terms derived from English
- Irish terms derived from Spanish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Trees
- ga:Woods
- Northern Sami terms inherited from Proto-Samic
- Northern Sami terms derived from Proto-Samic
- Northern Sami terms with unknown etymologies
- Northern Sami terms derived from substrate languages
- Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation
- Northern Sami 2-syllable words
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami nouns
- Northern Sami even nouns
- Northern Sami even a-stem nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from Spanish
- Polish terms derived from Spanish
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/alsa
- Rhymes:Polish/alsa/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Mallow family plants
- pl:Trees
- pl:Woods
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Spanish
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/alsɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/alsɐ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/awsɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/awsɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Watercraft
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Spanish terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- Spanish terms derived from Basque
- Spanish terms derived from Iberian
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/alsa
- Rhymes:Spanish/alsa/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Trees
- es:Watercraft
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/a
- Rhymes:Tagalog/a/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Watercraft
- Yogad lemmas
- Yogad nouns